Where is the Indus Valley site located in Haryana ?

• Rakhigarhi is the Indus Valley site located in Haryana.
• Rakhigarhi, Rakhi Garhi (Rakhi Shahpur + Rakhi Khas), is a village in Hisar District in the state of Haryana in India, situated 150 kilometers to the northwest of Delhi.
• It is the site of a pre-Indus Valley Civilization settlement going back to about 6500 BCE.

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• Rakhigarhi is the largest Harappan site in the Indian subcontinent.
• Other large sites of Indus valley Civilization (Harappan civilization) in Indian sub-continent are Harappa, Mohenjodaro and Ganveriwala in Pakistan and Dholavira (Gujarat) in India.
• At Rakhigarhi, the excavations are being done to trace its beginnings and to study its gradual evolution from 6000 BCE (Pre-Harappan phase) to 2500 BCE.
• The site was excavated by Amarendra Nath of ASI.
• Rakhigarhi was among the five iconic sites announced by Union Finance Minister during Budget Speech in 2020.